Opened pod; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Pods; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1236 Date of entry: 02.04.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Weeping Boer Bean
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Schotia (1)
Epithet: brachypetala Sond. (1)
brachypetala => having short petals
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: red
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